Look, Axelrod, no matter how much you plant headlines like The GOP’s sad infatuation with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, you’re never going to pin this racist lunatic on Republicans.

Fact is, it wasn’t the Republicans who attended his church for 20 years, embraced his nonsensical liberation theology, had him perform marriages, nor dedicated a book to him. It wasn’t the GOP who recorded him damning America, nor did Republicans offer him a hefty bribe to take a hike.

It was your boss, the President. You know this, of course, but what is worse is that every American understands this. You own this problem.

Second, every other American understands this is another in a series of insipid political stunts to distract people from their economic unhappiness with your boss. This one is no more brilliant than the gay marriage evolution which blew up in your faces, the Seamus the dog incident, or the misguided Chase endorsement, or the inept budget rout. You know, it would be hard to think of a real postitive step you guys have taken since, maybe, 2011.

Third, all you have succeeded in doing is putting another widening crack in the already fragile armor that is your 2012 campaign. Americans now realize the growing desperation and flailing about. In fact, the entire Axelrod strategy appears to be “Hey, push this button; see what it does.” To be this bad off in May means the GOP will have a very good time indeed this summer at the expense of the Chief.

Axelrod, Napolitano, Holder, and Geithner. Evidently, the President understands personnel every bit as well as he understands how business works. See you in November, dorks.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.